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Thomas & Friends pop-up hotel suite launches in London

Thomas & Friends has joined forces with Hilton Hotels & Resorts to announce a Thomas & Friends-themed suite available to book now at the The Waldorf Hilton in London.

The suite is a treat for children and nostalgic adults alike, decorated with images of iconic Thomas & Friends characters and landscapes for fans to recognise and enjoy. The playroom will include Thomas & Friends toys, books, games, colouring sheets and will also offers fans a teaser of what’s to come with an exclusive preview of new DVD The Great Race and a chance to play with the forthcoming Trackmaster™ Sky-High Bridge Jump toy.

Eager parents and kids won’t have long to make a decision on when to visit however – the suite is only available until September 4. There is also the option of staying at the New York Hilton Midtown for Thomas & Friends fans who want to go further afield, with a similar pop-up taking residency there.

The Waldorf Hilton is located in the heart of London theatreland, just a stone’s throw away from popular tourist attractions in Covent Garden and Leicester Square.

The suite accommodates up to two adults and two children and packages start at £450. To find out more information, or to book, click here.

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#DonaldTrumpTheMovie is winning the internet today

We can’t get enough of Twitter this morning, thanks to the ingenious hashtag #DonaldTrumpTheMovie bringing out some of the best and brightest minds of the internet.

Challenging users to come up with the most punny and appropriate fake movie titles involving Trump, his hair, his idiocy, and his orange hue, the hashtag has us scrolling endlessly through a multitude of incredible ideas.

The challenge has inevitably also attracted Trump fans, who have come up with such *groundbreaking* ideas as a Trump-led Independence Day 2 and Trump smashing his opponents in a Rocky style boxing ring, but we can just go ahead and ignore those.

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WATCH: Patrick Stewart releases album of cowboy classics

Sir Patrick Stewart has paid tribute to American culture in the best way we could possibly imagine; by performing a medley of cowboy classics for the 4th of July.

In a comedic infomercial promoting the albums ‘Patrick Stewart’s Cowboy Classic Volumes 1 and 2’, the beloved X-Men actor is seen singing a number of cowboy hits, from Frankie Laine’s ‘Rawhide’ to Johnny Cash’s ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’. And of course, each performance is faultless.

A regular social media user, Stewart shared the incredible video, entitled ‘P Stew’s Cowboy Classics’, on Twitter with the following message to his American fans:

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NSFW: Boris Johnson makes Pornhub debut

People around the UK have been sent into a panic at the thought that Boris has bared his Johnson on Pornhub.

Thankfully, the hated MP has not in fact been uploading amateur pornography to the online service, but rather an irate jokester has added Boris Johnson’s Brexit speech to the website with an hilariously punny title:

Giving the political video the ingenious – or highly distasteful, depending on your sense of humour – title of “Dumb British blonde fucks 15 million people at once”, the uploader has added an extra layer of laughability to the mop-haired Conservative’s speech at the Leave campaign’s victory conference in the wake of the EU referendum results.

Making a Hollywood Hero: The 10 most astounding male celebrity transformations

They say appearances aren’t everything. Except of course in show business, where appearances absolutely are everything. We feminists here at TV Guide are a little fed up with the hypercritical… read more

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Making a Hollywood Hero: The 10 most astounding male celebrity transformations

They say appearances aren’t everything. Except of course in show business, where appearances absolutely are everything. We feminists here at TV Guide are a little fed up with the hypercritical attention that constantly judges and compares the appearances of female celebrities, so today we’re shining an appreciative spotlight on some of the biggest male stars around today, who went from very not to very hot. The unbelievable before and after photos below reveal how a little stubble and styling (and a few stomach crunches) have made a whole world of difference to the looks – and consequently the careers – of these Hollywood hunks. There’s hope for us all yet.

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Dan Stevens

So, when exactly did Downton‘s Matthew Crawley get so devilishly handsome? All we can say is, he emerged from that shocking car crash a whole new man. We’re glad to say goodbye to that white cravat, and hello to these chiselled abs.

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Calvin Harris

Prior to this high earning Scottish DJ getting Taylor Swift’s stamp of, uh.. approval, he was almost unrecognisable. He’s since straightened up his teeth, cut back those shaggy tresses, and swapped the casual attire for sharp suits and Armani briefs. And what a difference it’s made.

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Joe Manganiello

Who would’ve guessed that the horrible bully beating up Peter Parker in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man would soon transform into Magic Mike‘s Italian stallion and Sofia Vergara’s leading man? Honestly, we still don’t believe our eyes. Excuse us while we watch him dancing to the Backstreet Boys for the 10,000th time.

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Justin Timberlake

Speaking of boy bands… Everyone already pegged JT as the cutest member of *NSYNC back in the ’90s, which is pretty incomprehensible considering that hair and that dress sense. But he’s more than made up for it all now.

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Ryan Gosling

This inevitably leads us to Justin’s Mickey Mouse Club BFF, Ryan Gosling. Admit it, you didn’t give Ryan a second look back in his awkward crew cut phase. You know, before he became the world’s most desirable man and all. Oh if only we could’ve snapped him up back then…

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Chris Pratt

We’ve always loved Chris Pratt for his hilarious sense of humour and cuddly cuteness, but we never imagined he’d turn out to be a leading Hollywood action man. Exchanging 65 pounds of flab for pure muscle, the actor told fans at a Guardians of the Galaxy panel that eating well and exercising has truly changed his life, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Not to mention making some big changes to his bank account.

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Bradley Cooper

Before he was named People‘s Sexiest Man Alive in 2011, Bradley Cooper was a relatively unknown made-for-TV-movie actor in titles like I Want to Marry Ryan Banks. I remember watching that movie back in 2004 and thinking ‘Why would the female lead pick that dorky guy?!’. How young and misguided..

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Zac Efron

Ohhhh dear, oh dear. We couldn’t be more glad that Zac’s put down the crimpers (but seemingly picked up the brow pencil..?) and blossomed into the Baywatch stud he is today. On another note, can you believe that High School Musical celebrates its 10th anniversary this September?!

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Ryan Reynolds

It wasn’t all that long ago that Ryan Reynolds went around sporting spiky hair and a goatee that had us all believing he was some sort of Sum 41 stand-in. Will somebody please explain this regrettable Canadian trend? Anyway, it’s all behind us now, and if we can see the future in Ryan’s eyes, it’s looking just fiiiine.

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VOTE: Who is the nation’s most hated TV personality?

We at TV Guide are not usually ones to stand on the side of hatred. That being said, there are those people out there whom we can’t help but love to hate; namely the TV personalities who unwelcomely intrude on our lives on at least a weekly basis by cropping up on our screens and filling us with the urge to hurl whatever it is we’re holding at the time at the television.

Constantly debating at TV Guide HQ over whether Chris Evans is a presenting genius or just a hyperactive prat, and whether Katie Hopkins ‘means well deep down’ or is indeed the she-devil incarnate, we realised the only thing to do was to extend the conversation to you, our beloved readers. So click below and let us know who on our list you can’t stand. Come on, we’ve got bets riding on this.

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10 of the most hilariously misleading movie posters

Conveying the contents of over an hour and a half’s worth of entertainment via a still, silent image is not an easy feat. Some poster designers get it very right, mastering the skill of visual summation and delivering a succinct pictorial shorthand that draws the viewer into seeing the movie in question. Meanwhile, some others get it very very wrong. That or they’ve actually set out to deceive us by giving a completely dishonest impression of a film’s tone and/or content in order to sell more tickets. Which, considering the cruel nature of the Hollywood machine, seems a lot more likely. While people were probably very annoyed by not getting what they expected from these films, we can look back at them now and laugh. Right?

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Retribution (2015)

Riding on the back of Breaking Bad‘s success, the makers of this low budget, slow burning indie drama thought an ‘explosive’ looking action movie with Aaron Paul at its helm would sell better than its actual plot about the wayward children of a struggling single father. Honestly, you have to watch the trailer to see just how wrong the poster is.

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My Sister’s Keeper (2009)

Anyone who’s seen this movie about a 13-year-old girl conceived purely as a marrow donor for her gravely ill sister, who now sues her parents for medical emancipation, will know that full of mother-daughter laughing and joking and bubble-blowing it certainly is not.

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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

In what universe is this picture of a happy family locked in a warm embrace appropriate for advertising a drama surrounding the breakdown of a marriage and the ensuing long and emotional custody battle over a small child?! Not one we want to live in, that’s for sure.

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Blue Valentine (2010)

This poster totally doesn’t let on that it’s promoting one of the most tragic ‘romance’ stories of our time, replete with nonconsensual sex, traumatic abortions, and domestic abuse. Go on and laugh, young lovers. We know now you won’t be getting your happy ending. Ryan, you betrayed us :'(

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Her (2014)

We’ll admit it’s pretty much impossible to sum up a movie about a man falling in love with an operating system in one snappy image, but this Italian poster for Her and its presentation of Amy Adams as the film’s free-spirited romantic heroine is all kinds of misleading.

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A Bronx Tale (1993)

Despite his overwhelming prominence in the image and credits of this poster, Robert DeNiro plays more of a supporting character in this tale about a teenager taken under the wing of a neighbourhood mobster. Yet another drama made to look like much more of an adrenaline-fuelled action film than it actually is, the bit right in the middle of the poster where the kid runs away from the explosion totally never happens in the movie, either.

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A Single Man (2009)

Colin Firth playing a suicidal gay man reflecting on the death of his longtime partner? Why not go ahead and make it look like he’s in bed with the film’s only real female character, Julianne Moore, who appears in the film for all of about 10 minutes? That’ll sell tickets to the wider heteronormative market!

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Vanilla Sky (2001)

Would you believe that the poster above is promoting a mind-bending sci fi epic about cryogenics, alternate universes, lucid dreaming, the quest for eternal life, events 150 years into the future, and facial reconstructive surgery? Yeah, didn’t think so.

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The Abyss (1989)

In case you weren’t already aware, The Abyss explores what happens to salvage crews at the bottom of the ocean when they come into contact with an alien intelligence. Which, of course, you wouldn’t have had the first clue about from the poster, which passes the film off as some erotic arty romance.

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The Room (2003)

We’re tying things off with The Room because nothing can ever prepare anyone for the horrors and delights contained within The Room. [In fact, now that we think about it, we could’ve included the poster for last year’s Brie Larson-led drama Roomon this list…] But anyway, this ominous closeup of Tommy Wiseau’s notoriously unique mug doesn’t even begin to convey the strange mix of unrelated and unresolved ‘plots’ that make up this 99 minutes of complete and utter incomprehensible cult gold.

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QUIZ: We bet you can’t name all these ’90s cult movies

Fancy yourself an expert when it comes to ’90s films? Think you know your Ethan Hawke from your Christian Slater, or your Liv Tyler from your Winona Ryder? Hmm. You talk a big talk, huh? But can you name all of these ’90s cult films correctly?

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QUIZ: Can you guess the celebrity from the yearbook photo?

Before finding themselves in the bright lights of stardom, these celebs went through the humiliation of school picture day like the rest of us. Are you able to recognise their famous faces from way back then?

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The 11 weirdest celebrity couples you probably didn’t know about

Ah, celebrities… We just can’t get enough of them. But even those of us who think we’re pretty in the know about the stars, what they wore to what, and whom they dated when, can get a big surprise every now and then. So in celebration of nothing in particular, today we’re counting down some of the strangest celebrity pairings throughout history. How many of them do you remember?

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Josh Groban and January Jones

Adorkable musician Josh Groban has managed to pull an impressive share of babes in the past, with his other exes including Katy Perry, Selma Blair, and Michelle Trachtenberg. He’s currently tied to 2 Broke Girls star Kat Dennings, while Jones has been paired with funny guys Will Forte, Liam Hemsworth, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Piven, and Ashton Kutcher, and is currently single.

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Billy Corgan and Tila Tequila

A few years ago when the Smashing Pumpkins frontman went a bit off the rails, he shocked us all by truly smashing it with the babes. From Tila Tequila to Jessica Simpson to Courtney Love, the 49-year-old songwriter has certainly raised some eyebrows with his partners in the past. Last year he welcomed his first child, son Augustus Juppiter Corgan, into the world with 22-year-old girlfriend Chloe Mendel. Does this mean he’s finally settling down?

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Courtney Love and Edward Norton

Speaking of Courtney Love, whom former flame Corgan later labelled “an abyss”, you might be surprised to learn that the Hole rocker was actually engaged to Fight Club star Edward Norton, with whom she had a two year relationship. The couple met on set of the 1996 film The People vs. Larry Flynt, and Love has since said she regrets not going through with the nuptials. She also weirdly dated British comedic actor Steve Coogan in the early 2000s.

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Colin Farrell and Britney Spears (and Elizabeth Taylor)

More surprising than the fact that Colin Farrell briefly dated Britney Spears is the fact that the Irish actor was in a romantic relationship with Elizabeth Taylor from 2009 to 2011 (but we couldn’t find a picture of them together). “I wanted to be [husband] number eight, but we ran out of road”, he said on the Ellen DeGeneres Show back in 2013 about his unlikely love story with the woman forty-four years his senior.

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Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner

After capturing the hearts of every teenage girl watching Laguna Beach, and dating co-stars Kristin Cavallari and Lauren Conrad, plus similarly petite blonde Nicole Richie, the son of Caitlyn Jenner and Linda Thompson was in a two year relationship with Canadian sk8er grrl Avril Lavigne, whom he took as his date to step-sister Kim’s wedding to Kris Humphries, and got not one, not two, but three matching tattoos with!

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Andre Agassi and Barbra Streisand

Tennis star Agassi made it love, set and match when he dated songstress Barbra Streisand back when he was 21 and she 49. The fellow Taureans only lasted twelve months together, but Barbra seemed very into it back in the day. “He’s very intelligent; very, very sensitive, very evolved; more than his linear years”, she gushed in 1992.

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Ryan Reynolds and Alanis Morissette

We kinda wished these two formerly engaged Canadians had gone the distance. The pair first got together in 2002, but called it quits in 2007. Reynolds has now been married to Gossip Girl‘s Blake Lively for three years, but earlier in 2016 gave a rendition of Morissette’s “Isn’t It Ironic” for old times’ sake on NBC’s Today. Cute!

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Sandra Bullock and Ryan Gosling

The only good thing to come out of the film Murder by Numbers, this unexpected but totally adorable couple with a seventeen-year age difference lasted around two years from 2001 – 2002, but decided to split after the long distance got too much (Bullock lived on a ranch in Texas while Ryan lived in a loft in Downtown LA). It’s a Notebook-worthy love story.

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Adam Duritz and Jennifer Aniston

Okay, we know what you’re thinking. How in HELL did this happen?! The Counting Crows singer not only briefly dated Aniston in the ’90s, but was also in a relationship with her FRIENDS co-star and real life BFF Courteney Cox after the actress appeared in his video for “A Long December”. They’re not the only beauties in Duritz’s dating history, though, as he was most recently in a relationship with Emmy Rossum, and before that supposedly dated Winona Ryder and Lara Flynn Boyle. We’ll leave that to sit with you.

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Courteney Cox and Michael Keaton

Following on from the above, the bubbly Courteney was in a six-year relationship with reclusive actor Michael Keaton from 1989 to ’95. Looking back at it now, they actually seem pretty compatible!

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr.

Can you believe these two cuties were an item for seven years?! Here’s what Downey Jr. told Parade magazine about the relationship in 2008 (17 years after the split): “I liked to drink, and I had a drug problem, and that didn’t jive with Sarah Jessica, because it is the furthest thing from what she is. She provided me a home and understanding. She tried to help me. She was so miffed when I didn’t get my act together. I was in love with Sarah Jessica, and love clearly was not enough”.